The Vimalakirti Sutra
Book Summary Information
Translator: Burton WatsonEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1996-12-15
ISBN: 0231106564
Number of pages: 192
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Book Reviews of The Vimalakirti Sutra
Book Review: The gate to nondualism
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a very important Mahayana Buddhist text, particularly if you're interested in Zen/Chan. In it Vimalakirti, the perfect example of the Buddhist layman, displays his profound wisdom and wonderworking powers. In order to benefit others Vimalakirti displays symptoms of an illness at which point Lord Buddha requests that one if his disciples go visit him and see how he is faring. It is quite entertaining and enlightening how each one of Buddha's disciples and bodhisattvas present in the assembly refuses to go visit the layman because of some past encounter with him which intimidated some and dumbfounded others. Finally, Manjushri, the Crown Prince of the Dharma, agrees to visit the ill Vimalakirti. It is at this point that the main body of the sutra begins with Vimalakirti teaching about emptiness and most important of all non-duality. If you are a student of the Mahayana and have not read this I highly recommend that you do. It is profound and sublime as only Buddhist scripture can be.
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